Today’s guest is someone you guys may already be familiar with and since so many of you enjoyed his posts I wanted to bring the Black Car Guy on to the podcast and talk some rideshare. BCG as I like to call him started off as a taxi driver and has now become one the top paid and rated UberBlack/SUV drivers. I know most of you aren’t Black/SUV and don’t have any intention of switching but I think there is still a lot that we can learn from the BCG.

Working For Multiple TNC’s

Advice From BCG

How to boost your ratings

Be safe out there

Our Next Podcast Will Be Released Dec. 16

I’m definitely psyched to announce that our next podcast will be a dual release. I’ll be a guest on John Lee Dumas’ Entrepreneur on Fire podcast and he will also be coming on my show to talk some rideshare. So make sure you tune in on Dec. 16 or subscribe to our e-mail list and you’ll be notified when that podcast goes live!

I'm Harry, the owner and founder of The Rideshare Guy Blog and Podcast. I used to be a full-time engineer but now I'm a rideshare blogger! I write about my experience driving for Uber, Lyft, and other services and my goal is to help drivers earn more money by working smarter, not harder.

Great podcast RSG. Didn’t feel long at all. 🙂 Surprise H, I have some questions!

1. Still hoping to get BCG to state the higher cost of running his SUV versus his X/car.
2. Does he use Sherpa for tracking and taxes?
3. Any special training for driving a larger car?
4. Any advantage to working/starting a “private car” business on the side. It seems, my recent UberBlack rides have a camera installed, and state they work privately as their primary job, and use Uber during the off times. They claim that is a way to maximize profits. On a side note, a driver commented that, with a camera out of the front, they were able to beat a traffic ticket.

Awesome, good to know, they definitely don’t feel long to me haha. And no worries, if you don’t leave an epic comment one day I will be disappointed 🙂 And fyi, BCG doesn’t respond to comments if you couldn’t tell.

1. As far as numbers for gas/commercial insurance/etc? I don’t think he wanted to provide those since they vary so much but you could probably estimate pretty easily.

2. Not sure, I’ll ask.

3. Not to my knowledge, just have to take it a little easier/slower since back of the car feels bumps more for ex. than the front.

4. I think camera is a great idea, might be something I look into myself as they are so cheap these days and really it can’t hurt considering the low cost for those just in case situations. I think there’s a huge advantage to doing biz on the side since you have commercial insurance you can charge less than uber and still make more, etc. Just have to figure out a way to get clients and as BCG says he doesn’t try to poach any of his uber/lyft clients which I think is smart/honorable.

Darcy Faegre

I’m with Aaron RSG, didn’t feel long at all (and great podcast). Actually, considering all the time I spend in the car I feel like it wasn’t long enough. It only took me two days to get through all 10 podcasts and it only left me wanting more. I’ll admit that a lot of what you talk about I’m already aware of but that doesn’t take away from other people being able to benefit from it nor do I stop paying attention since I never know when you are going to throw something in that I didn’t know.

If you could grant me one wish it would be for more/longer podcasts. But I get that you have a real job and a life. Carry on good sir!

Thanks for the awesome feedback Darcy, I really appreciate it. 10 podcasts in 2 days, wow, you are an animal haha! I definitely want to create more and have a ton of ideas, just want to make sure that I keep up the quality with each one. And yea sometimes my life gets in the way haha.

What type of show/topic would you find of immense value that I haven’t covered yet?

Darcy Faegre

The only thing off the top of my head is maybe “driving style.” Some examples might be “the speed limit or 5 over?” “as you normally would or as you would with your mother in the passenger seat?” “considerate of other drivers or assertive?” That sort of thing.

Not a huge fan of giveaways since that costs money and is more of a one-time thing. I prefer investments in pax experience that can be used over and over.

Darcy Faegre

Excellent! I appreciate the links very much.
I won’t be providing any iPhone charging cables due to the (typically) ridiculous cost but I’ve got a few standard mini and micro USB cables for those who need to borrow them.
And here’s how I went the extra mile…. Since people quite often ride in the back seat I ran a USB cable under the console to the back of the console facing the back seat. Below is a link for a flush-mount USB port and 6′ cable. I also had to get a splitter for the link under the console but you can find those anywhere. I used a lighter-> USB adapter which provided one outlet for Apple products (higher wattage) and one for standard USB connections and then labeled them in the back seat. To be honest I did this for my daughter who has too much stuff that needs power but it works just as well for riders.

Wow that sounds like an awesome setup and a great way to WOW your pax! Thank you so much for sharing!

duke6024

is there any topic of unpaid miles there are allot of unpaid miles to get to customers

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